101 Reasons to Love the Phillies

10,000 losses. Wow. The Philadelphia Phillies are the first team in the Major Leagues of Baseball to reach 10,000 losses. The first thing that would probably come across your mind is, “These guys must be terrible.” Well, you have to see it to believe it. Never call the Phillies terrible, because, and trust me on this, they will blow your mind in a game. Travel through time with this book, from the 1883 Philadelphia Quakers to the 2008 Philadelphia Phillies. As you start to read this book you start to understand that the Phillies have evolved from the losing team to what happens today, win after win. When you’re done with this book, you can share the 101 reasons to love the Phillies with your friends and family.

I had an awesome time reading this book. I enjoyed the Phillies’ bad moments and the Phillies’ good moments. I thought the Phillies are so much better today than they were in 1883 to the 1970’s. Rob Green, Jr. brought back the glory of the young Whiz kids who are mainly built up by Richie Ashburn and Robin Roberts, and he brought back the memories of the 1980 World Series that the Phillies eventually won. I would recommend this book to all the loyal Phillies’ Phans [I think it’s a must read for all Philllies Phans] and to people who like to learn facts about a topic that they don’t have a lot of knowledge of. So, pick up 101 Reasons to Love the Phillies and start reading!

-Mankind

Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs

Belly Up is a really funny book. Teddy’s parents work at a new zoo. One day when “troublemaker” Teddy is caught in his act of arming monkeys with water balloons, the zoo’s mascot Henry the hippo dies. The whole zoo is sad about the death and decides to perform an autopsy on the beast but what they find is interesting. Did someone purposely kill the mean mascot and find out who's hiding things? Can Teddy solve the problem or will he be also taken out by the murderer itself?

I recommend this book to anyone who like a good mystery, and don’t worry is isn’t gross.

-Butterfly Wolves

The Red Pyramid

The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan is sure to leave you asking for more. This is a book that’s all about Egypt. Carter is a boy who’s always traveling with his dad and always learning about Egypt. This time Carter is visiting his sister in London, but it’s not just for a family reunion. They’re in London so Carter’s dad can try to bring Carter’s mother back from the dead, but something goes wrong. Carter’s dad releases dozens of Egyptian gods, one of who is Set, the god of evil. Set seals Carter’s dad in a coffin and it’s up to Carter and his sister Sadie to save him. I’d recommend this book to anyone who is new to, or likes to read Rick Riordan’s books.












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The Hunger Games

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem. There is a Capital and 12 Districts surrounding it. The Capital makes everyone in each district enter a drawing to get one boy and one girl to compete in the Hunger Games .


In District 12 Prim and Peeta were chosen, but Prim’s older sister, Katniss, volunteered to go instead. Now Katniss and Peeta need to go to the Hunger Games with 24 other people and try to kill all the other people in the Arena. The last person alive wins the games.

I love this book and I definitely recommend it to anyone. It is so interesting with them in the Arena fighting to the death and the and the story is always going somewhere. The characters are great and there point of view is always changing. How are they going to stay alive and what is going to happen to Katniss and Peeta ?

-Pie 1234

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

“The day I realized that love is stronger than death and people you barely know can amaze you.” When Jeremy Fink receives a mysterious box on his thirteenth birthday with the words The Meaning of Life engraved on the lid, he and his best friend Lizzy can’t wait to find out what’s inside. But when he discovers that the box is locked, he and Lizzy set off on an adventure around Manhattan to find the keys to life’s biggest mystery. Will they find the keys? Or will the box remain locked forever?

This book is amazing. It changed my perspective on life, and the title says it, what’s the meaning of life? Does anyone know? As you’re reading this, you might not care one bit about thinking about it, but after you read this book, it’ll make you think deeper than you could imagine. I recommend this book from an age where you can read medium hard books to an age where you are very old. I am sure everyone will love and think about this book. No matter what genre you like, you will love this book.

By Serendipity_3

Middle School the Worst Years of My Life

Middle School: the Worst Years of My Life is a great book that always has you interested. It is always going somewhere and is pretty easy to read; I was so interested in it I read it in one day.


Rafe Catchadorian is starting 6th grade at Hills Valley Middle School and needs to find a way to survive the school year with his friend Leo. He figured out a way! It is going to be called operation RAFE. He is going to try to break every rule in the book; his motto is ‘RULES ARE MADE FOR BREAKING.’

I love this book. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes Graphic Novels or anyone who is in Middle School. This book is also a very easy book to read so it is okay for a young reader also. It is so funny; you need to read this book.

-Pie 1234